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The
West Virginia University Hospitals Dietetic Internship Program began in
1983 and is
administered by the Department of Nutrition Services of WVU Hospitals,
which is the teaching hospital of WVU that works in conjunction with the
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Medical School.
The program, which has an emphasis in Medical Nutrition Therapy,
provides dietetic interns with over 1400 hours of supervised practice
experience and training in clinical (~50% of rotations), administrative
(~15% of rotations) and community dietetics (~35% of rotations). We give
interns both clinical and administrative on-the-job training at WVU
Hospitals and at other affiliated locations.
The internship provides the resources necessary for education and
training to qualify you for responsibilities as an "entry level"
generalist dietitian with added emphasis in Medical Nutrition Therapy
and qualifies you to sit for the national registration examination.
There is also opportunity for additional specialization in a variety of
clinical areas depending upon your particular interests. |
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The WVU Hospital Complex is composed of
a 10-story acute care facility and an adjacent facility with a total
capacity of 522 beds. Specialty areas include neurology, cardiology,
nephrology, dialysis, skilled nursing, oncology, critical care, and the
blood and marrow transplant unit.
Interns also gain experience in pediatrics at
WVU Children's Hospital
and work with patients in the Jon Michael Moore Trauma Center, the only
level 1 trauma center for adults and pediatrics in the state.
In 2006,
WVU Hospitals opened the Northeast tower that houses additional ICU
beds, a new skilled nursing unit, a new cardiac step-down unit, WVU
Children's hospital pediatric intensive care unit and additional adult
step down beds and bariatric suites.
The hospital serves our employees and the community by offering an
onsite wellness program and hosts the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for
reversing heart disease.
The WVUH Dietetic Internship Program has 8 slots. The program, which is 41 weeks in
length, begins the Monday after Labor Day and runs until the end of
June.
The West Virginia University Hospitals Dietetic Internship Program is
granted accreditation status through 2017 by the
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of The American
Dietetic Association (ADA), 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000,
Chicago, IL 60606-6995,1-800-877-1600.
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